Residential — Istanbul
Kitchen
No.7.
Istanbul · 2024
01Brief
The client wanted one thing: a kitchen that doesn't hide from the rest of the home but sits at its centre. For a couple who both cook intensely and host often, we had to fold the work line and the conversation line into a single island.
02Concept
We treated the kitchen as a piece of furniture: a monolithic island, a floor-to-ceiling cabinet wall and appliances that disappear. The counter height was tuned to the millimetre to the couple's stature. Visible simplicity up front, disciplined order behind.
A good kitchen is as much architecture as any room; it just works harder.
— Kitchen No.7
03Material Palette
Smoked-oak veneer cabinetry, a single-slab quartzite island top, matte-black fittings and a backsplash of hand-glazed ceramic. Brushed bronze as the warm metal; a linear strip under the cabinets and three pendants over the island.
04Build & Site
In a tight Istanbul flat, logistics were the real test: the island came in as a single piece through the window by crane, not lift. To conceal water, gas and ventilation we built a 12 cm dropped ceiling above the run.
05Outcome
Completed in eight weeks, the kitchen is now the stage of the home. At dinner parties the couple seats guests in the kitchen rather than the living room — the truest measure of the design.
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Details and atmosphere — representative imagery.
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